Kat Ashmore has been working in the Human Services field for 10+ years. With a Masters in Non Profit Leadership, she recently joined the City of Alexandria where she works at the Workforce Development Center as the Program Manager for WIOA, Youth and Special Grants. Recently in October of 2020, the City of Alexandria’s Workforce Development Center was awarded funding through CARES Act to support a Work Based Learning (WBL) Pilot Program. The Pilot had great success, and the team at the Workforce Development Center is eager to pursue additional WBL opportunities to support both youth and adults specifically in IT.

Ms. Beckwith is a former state police officer, and federally sworn U.S. Marshal. She worked as a financial fraud Investigator and digital forensic examiner for the State of Ohio and a Task Force Officer for the United States Secret Service in their Financial and Electronic Crimes division as an incident responder and digital forensic examiner.

Ms. Beckwith works as an Advanced Security Engineer for the Kroger Technology Automation and Tools team. In this role she is responsible for the planning, design and build of security architectures to ensure a strong security posture, compliance with regulations, and safeguard customer's data.

She also conducts research on emerging products, services, protocols, and standards in support of security enhancement and development efforts

Nicole recently worked as a Staff Cyber Intelligence Analyst for GE Aviation tracking and researching APT and cybercrime groups and conducting OSINT investigations for stakeholders.

Toni Benson is the (Acting) Associate Director within the Cyber Defense Education and Training (CDET) sub-division at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Her roles within the sub-division are to provide strategic vision around training and education to assist in combating the cybersecurity workforce shortage.

Prior to joining the DHS in 2015, Ms. Benson spent most of her career serving in the United States Air Force, where she served as a Communications Officer. She also worked with other U.S. government agencies and private sector companies as a contractor, in support of various cyber initiatives. Ms. Benson is a member of the ISC2 community as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. She received her undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems from Delaware State University and her Master of Science degree in Information Assurance from the University of Maryland Global Campus.

Keith Brice is the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Coordinator for Prince George’s County Public Schools, MD. Previous to his career in education, Mr. Brice worked in the IT Field and holds a Master of Science with a focus in Cybersecurity and Big Data Analytics from George Mason University. After years of service working for private industry, he transitioned to the classroom where he taught AP Computer Science, Web Development, and Python Classes. Mr. Brice has spent the past two years as the Program Coordinator for Computer Science and IT CTE Classes and has helped expand industry partnerships and certification obtainment by students. For his efforts, Keith has received congressional letters of acknowledgement, outstanding teacher awards, and he serves on multiple advisory boards. Keith loves the movies and spending time with his family.

Melissa Dark is committed to developing, supporting, and stewarding cybersecurity education in the United States. She has worked in this area for the past 20 years where she has been fortunate to lead a number of creative and impactful projects ranging from studying the effect of various representational forms on cryptography learning and neural connections to developing cybersecurity concepts lessons for integration into the Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles high school course. Her early work in cybersecurity education focused on the graduate level and has progressively grown down to community college, and now high school, in response to two needs: robust cybersecurity literacy among all cybercitizens and closing the cybersecurity workforce gap. In 2015, she founded DARK Enterprises, Inc., a non-profit which advances the mission of developing, supporting, and stewarding cybersecurity education initiatives in the United States.

Jenny Daugherty is a Research and Curriculum Lead for DARK Enterprises, Inc. Jenny has over 15 years of experience in K-12 STEM education with expertise in curriculum development, teacher professional development, and educational research and evaluation. She has served as Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator on numerous projects in the fields of Cybersecurity, Science, Technology, and Engineering education. Jenny earned her doctoral degree in Human Resource Education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign where she was awarded a doctoral fellowship with the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education. Prior to her position with DARK Enterprises, she worked at Purdue University, where she earned tenure as an Associate Professor, and at Louisiana State University, where she served as the Leadership Development Institute Director.

Mary Beth Dobbins is the Coordinator of Career and Technical Education (CTE) for Prince William County Public Schools, the second largest school division in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Previously, she was the Coordinator of Career and Technical Education (CTE) for Stafford County Public Schools and taught business at the high school level. She was an adjunct professor for the University of Mary Washington Graduate School of Education. She holds an MBA from Strayer University and a B.S. in Business Administration concentrating in Accounting, as well as, a B.S. in Business Education. She was the CFO of Verilog USA, Inc. and the CEO of Bookkeeping Unlimited, Inc. Mary Beth has held a variety of leadership roles in the Virginia Association for Career and Technical Education Administrators including Secretary, President-Elect, and President.

Ben is part of a team within the Lakota Local School District that has worked with local business leaders and university cybersecurity instructors to launch a cybersecurity academy within the district. As part of this work, Ben is developing curriculum for the Ohio Cyber Range in collaboration with local Regional Programming Centers. Ben is also an adjunct instructor in the mathematics department at the University of Cincinnati, and has taught math in southwest Ohio for the past 12 years.

Dr. Drape’s research is focused on issues of equity in the life sciences, AI in biometrics, evaluation and assessment, agriculture, and education. Project management and program evaluation experience with federally funded projects including NSF, USDA, NIH, ARC, and other state and regional agencies.

Dr. Drape is part of the Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture (CAIA) at Virginia Tech where she is designing classes in cyber biosecurity for undergraduate students. She works to open access to students who would not think that a career in cyberbiosecurity is for them.

Drape taught Agriscience for grades 6-12 and was an adjunct for SUNY so her students could earn college credits prior to earning her PhD.

Rick is responsible for the technical design and development of all Capture the Flag and training content produced at GRIMM. Rick has been in Information Technology for 20 years and is the lead developer for Pentoo Linux, a security focused Linux distribution founded in 2005. Rick has also been responsible for the Radio Frequency Capture the Flag challenge at DefCon for over 10 years.

Ron Ford is the Vice President of Department of Energy Services for ASRC Federal. Ron is responsible for the strategic direction and operations for services of the United States National Laboratories, National Nuclear Security Administration, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and DOE Headquarters. Ron has an incredible track record of delivering enterprise technology solutions and services to highly complex government agencies, healthcare, and financial industries. He is a strong strategic thinker and team builder with proven success transforming challenged functional areas and groups.

Before joining ASRC Federal, Mr. Ford held executive positions at Belcan, The Kemtah Group, and Citigroup.

Phyllis Gandy is the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Supervisor for Arlington Public Schools, Arlington VA. Prior to entering administration, she was a Business and Information Technology, Computer Science teacher at Wakefield High School, Arlington, Virginia and Patrick Henry High School, Roanoke, VA. While at Wakefield, she served as the Department Chair for Business and Information Technology, and Computer Science, and as the Cooperative Education Work-Based Learning Program coordinator. During her teaching tenure, she received the Arlington's 2000 Outstanding Teacher of the Year award, The Washington Post 2000 Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award, and was nominated for an Outstanding Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year award. She has served as State President for the Virginia Association of Career and Technical Education Administrators (VACTEA) and State President for the Virginia Business Education Association (VBEA). She holds a Master of Science in Cybersecurity, Master of Science in Business Administration, Master of Science in Education Leadership and Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees from Virginia Tech, and pending Doctorate of Education from Virginia Tech, May 2022. Phyllis’ passions are teaching and traveling.

Kevin Garcia is currently an Assistant Principal at Northeast Early College High School in the Austin Independent School District. He has worked in education for the past thirteen years and primarily works with students in low socio economic communities. He started his career in education as a 7th grade Mathematics teacher in Austin’s deserving east side. After five years in the classroom, he transitioned into administration where he has worked on creating system wide change that benefits teachers, families, and above all, students. He currently leads his campus PTech program and strives to offer new and exciting opportunities to all students. Kevin received his B.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005. He returned shortly after to complete a post-baccalaureate teaching certification in mathematics through the UTeach program. In 2012, he completed his masters in education administration from UT as well. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in Cooperative Superintendency at UT. He loves being a longhorn, an educator, and a Northeast Raider! Go Big Blue!

Chuck Gardner serves as Director of Curriculum for the Cyber Innovation Center and its academic initiative, CYBER.ORG. He has over 10 years of classroom experience and holds an EdD (Educational Leadership) and an MBA (Marketing) from the University of Phoenix and a BS (Marine Transportation) from the United States Merchant Marine Academy. After leaving the maritime industry in 2006 he became a career-changing educator, first teaching algebra and geometry in middle school, then moving to a high school robotics and cyber classroom, where he first encountered CYBER.ORG and wrote content for them. As the director of curriculum, he now oversees a team of content authors and subject matter experts and helps deliver professional development workshops to teachers from across the country.

Brent has taught at Franklin High school since 2015 but has been teaching since 1995 in some form or fashion. He currently teaches Cybersecurity, Coding, Autonomous Vehicles, and AP and IB Computer Science. He holds degrees in Mathematics, Physics, Education, and Networking. Brent has worked as a Network Designer and IT Administrator. Brent also designed the first public high school Autonomous Vehicles program.

Upon discovering that 90% of cyberattacks were due to human error, Kyla founded Bits N’ Bytes Cybersecurity Education (BNBCE) to combat this issue. Kyla has championed her message of cybersecurity resilience on national and international stages including TEDxChicago, NIST’s NICE Conference, RSAC-USA, and RSAC Singapore 2019. In addition to co-founding GirlCon Chicago Conference, Kyla has been honored as Crain Chicago’s Top 50 in Tech, a Stanford She+++ fellow, a 2018 Global Teen Leader, and a 2019 Harvard Book Prize Award Winner.

Louie help IT leaders create business value from wide area networks (WAN), IT, and the cloud. Is your business strapped with an aging, premise-based phone system, or a bunch of disparate systems at multiple locations? Or, maybe you just made the wrong move with your initial VoIP venture, yet you see the value of true UCaaS? He can help.

He also serves on the advisory board for the Lakota Cyber Academy, where he oversees the recruitment and support of mentors (Cyber Sherpas) for students training for and pursuing a career in cyber security.

Stephanie Holt has been working for Fairfax County Public Schools since 1996. She taught Business & IT courses for 15 years and has been the Program Manager for Business and Information Technology for FCPS since 2012. In her tenure, Stephanie has served as a Business Cooperative Internship Coordinator, Department Chair, Virginia Business Education Association (VBEA) President and Secretary, and a Virginia FBLA Regional Director. In 2018, Stephanie was the recipient of the Southern Business Education Association Distinguished Supervisor Award. She is currently a board member for the Virginia FBLA Foundation and has served on numerous curriculum revision teams and conference committees for many different organizations. Outside of work, Stephanie enjoys traveling and spending time with her family.

Keith leads the Lakota Learning Team that designs curriculum, coaches personalized instruction, and supports innovative programs.

Nancy J. Limauro is the Partnership & Engagement Liaison in the Office of the Chief Learning Officer in the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). She is part of the team in the CLO that promotes and invests in training and education to assist in combating the national cybersecurity workforce shortage.

Previously she held several positions in stakeholder engagement in the Cybersecurity Division, the Stakeholder Engagement Division and the Infrastructure Security Division, including serving as the Cybersecurity Awareness Lead and the Acting Director of International Affairs in the former National Cyber Security Division.

Prior to joining the federal government, Ms. Limauro was with SRA International, now General Dynamics Information Technology. While at SRA, she helped establish the Infrastructure Protection and Resiliency Division and held numerous project management positions while supporting DHS.

Ms. Limauro holds a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Eisenhower School at National Defense University and a Bachelor of Arts in Government with a concentration in Political Theory from Georgetown University. She also holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Christopher Martini has worked for Arlington Public Schools for 28 years as a teacher, Supervisor, and presently as a Director. The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education links education and career skills for the creation of lifelong learning opportunities for the students of Arlington. The office coordinates and provides educational services along a continuum that begins with awareness building and provides access to educational programs that empower students to acquire the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to manage change and succeed in a diverse, technological society.

Mr. Martini graduated from Millersville University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Industrial Arts Education. He has Master degrees in Curriculum and Instruction and Education Leadership from George Mason University.

Dave has taught Computer Science at Lakota East High School for the past 28 years. Before that David worked as a software engineer for nine years. Last year David helped launch the Lakota Cyber Academy at the two district high schools. The Cybersecurity program will expand to a three-year program starting with the 2021-22 school year.

QED-C is a consortium that aims to enable and grow the U.S. quantum industry, supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and more than 150 industry, academic and other members and is managed by SRI International. Previously, Dr. Merzbacher was Vice President for Innovative Partnerships at the Semiconductor Research Corporation. In 2003-2008, she was Assistant Director for Technology R&D in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Dr. Merzbacher began her career as a materials scientist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington D.C. She has served as Chair of the National Materials and Manufacturing Board of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine and currently is on the board of U.S. Ignite and advisory boards of two quantum research centers.

Shirley Miranda earned her B.S. in Computer Engineering at UCSD then worked as a software development engineer creating front-end and back-end business software for government and private industry. Her continued volunteer work with high school students through the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair (GSDSEF) inspired her to go into teaching. She is a Secondary Resource Teacher at San Diego Unified School District, San Diego County Teacher of the Year, and an author.

Andreanna Murphy is celebrating her 22nd year in education. She started her career as a middle school science teacher and has worked as a middle school and high school counselor. For the past five years, she has worked as a District Head Counselor for the San Diego Unified School District. She has led programs in social emotion, academic and career learning. As a parent of school-aged children, former teacher and current school counselor, Andreanna has a comprehensive approach to improve student learning and engagement. She strongly believes in the importance of developing the whole child and encouraging others in education to do the same.

Dr. Murphy began her career in the European pharmaceutical industry and was an early leader in chemical informatics, using technology to predict the biological and toxicological effects of chemicals. In the 1980s and 1990s, Dr. Murphy was a serial entrepreneur founding and operating two US companies (one in software development and one in corporate training), as well as a not-for-profit to help young entrepreneurs succeed in their initial technology business ventures.

In 2002, Dr. Murphy joined Marymount University. Her research interests include data science, health care informatics, and cybersecurity, including privacy and security in the supply chain.

She is active in the promotion of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, including the award of CyberCorpsSFS scholarships at the University. One of her primary interests is the inclusion of women, minorities, and veterans in STEM careers, including cybersecurity.

Albert leads the EdPrizes.com portfolio of open innovation prize competitions at the U.S. Department of Education. Since 2016, three prize competitions have been completed and three are in progress. The EdPrizes cash prize pool exceeds $1 million in addition to in-kind prizes donated by leaders in the tech industry.

Mr. Palacios serves on the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education and co-chairs the Strategic Partnerships Interagency Working Group for the Federal Coordinating Committee on STEM Education. He has previously served on federal interagency working groups on cybersecurity, computer science, AR/VR, and open innovation where he contributes his expertise in emerging technology, mixed reality, making, entrepreneurship, and advanced manufacturing.

Prior to joining the Department of Education, Mr. Palacios was Chief Labor Policy Analyst at Bloomberg News during the launch of its BGov.com information and analytics website. At Bloomberg, he led a team of research analysts studying employment and economic indicators, and the impact of Federal legislation and regulation on business.

Mr. Palacios earned a degree in business management from the University of Texas at Austin and has more than 35 years of experience programming a wide array of systems, platforms and languages. Following a 13-year career in banking, he moved to the Washington, D.C. area as a consultant on “School-to-Work,” a joint initiative of the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor. Since that time he continued working with both agencies, serving as a Senior Education Policy Advisor under contract to the Office of Postsecondary Education, and a term appointment at the Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Investment.

Mr. Peek is a thought leader who has spent over 15 years providing executive leadership to government organizations and possesses a well-proven set of proficiencies in the areas of acquisitions, digital transformation, cybersecurity, and business operations. In his current role as the Head of Federal Strategic Partnerships, Mr. Peek leads a team to manage partnerships with Federal Systems Integrators to implement innovative devices, technologies and platforms to public sector departments and agencies - leveraging his combined expertise in legislation, policy, and emerging technology to provide guidance and recommendations to federal civilian agencies on strategic priorities and enterprise technology investments.

Mr. Peek's previous roles include Strategy and Business Development Executive with Salesforce Global Public Sector, Director of Digital Innovation and Solutions at the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer and has been recognized for his accomplishments in supporting the federal civilian, foreign affairs, defense mission, and intelligence communities. Mr. Peek received his master’s degree in systems engineering from Penn State University and bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. He continues to support the work of building impactful public-private partnerships through his active participation as a board member of ACT-IAC, ATARC, and AFCEA Bethesda.

Dr. Davina Pruitt-Mentle serves as Lead for Academic Engagement of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Prior to joining NICE, she was a senior researcher and policy analyst for Educational Technology Policy, Research and Outreach (ETPRO) and served as the Co-PI for the National Science Foundation (NSF) supported National Cyberwatch Center (NCC). Previous to NCC leadership, she served as faculty within the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park, and served as Director of Educational Technology Outreach within the College of Education at UMCP from 2001-2008. She has spent the past 20 years conducting research on student and educator cyberawareness, and developing programs to help increase the cybersecurity workforce pipeline. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Technology Policy from the University of Maryland, her M.Ed from Lynchburg College, and her B.S. from Virginia Tech.

Jeremy has been in public education for 20 years. He started in athletics as a boys' basketball coach. He transitioned to administration and has held assistant principal positions on the elementary and high school levels. He became principal of a middle school in rural, middle Tennessee that serviced 420 students in which 79% were the poverty percentage was 79%. Through flipped/blended learning, the school obtained a level 5 ranking and was in the top 15% in growth in the first year (2009). Jeremy transitioned to a district administration role in becoming the District Athletic Director for Williamson County Schools. After 5 years in that position, he was offered the Executive Director of College, Career, and Technical Education (CCTE) and the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (EIC). Williamson County serves 40,000 students with 10,000 of those being at the secondary level. There are currently 42 programs of study with 105 teachers, across 10 high schools in CCTE in Williamson County. The EIC is a new, innovative facility that serves all 10 high schools with an application-based entrepreneurial program that couples teams with mentors from private industries and startups.

Dr. David Raymond is Director of the U.S. Cyber Range of Virginia Tech, providing nationwide access to infrastructure and courseware for hands-on cybersecurity education. David is adjunct faculty in Virginia Tech’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering where he teaches courses in networking and cybersecurity and helps run a student cybersecurity research lab. He is a retired Army officer with a BS in Computer Science from West Point, an MS in Computer Science from Duke University, and a PhD in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech.

Dr. Steve Rideout is a Professor of Plant Pathology within Virginia Tech's School of Plant and Environmental Sciences. Steve was born on a family farm in Dinwiddie County and is an alum of NC State, Virginia Tech, and University of Georgia. He started his tenure with Virginia Tech in 2005 at the Eastern Shore Ag. Res. and Ed. Center (ESAREC). He served as the ESAREC's director from 2011-2020, before relocating to Blacksburg in July 2020. Since 2005, Steve has served as the Commonwealth's research and extension vegetable plant pathologist focusing on all aspects of plant disease management. In 2018, Steve received a 'Distinguished Service' Award from the Association of Virginia Potato and Vegetable Growers.

In addition to Darrell's work at Kroger, he is also involved in:

• InfraGard Cincinnati Members Alliance – Board of Directors President

• InfraGard National Members Alliance – National Governance Committee

• Lakota Local Schools Cyber Academy Advisory Board - Technology Director

• National Retail Federation – IT Security Council Member

Dr. Sanghera supports the research community in the pursuit of cutting-edge work to share the future digital society. Before assuming the IDIA role, Dr. Sanghera served as the Executive Director of STEM Outreach for the Volgenau School of Engineering. She was also the Associate Chair of the Information Sciences and Technology department. Dr. Sanghera is a founding member of Virginia's Governor's STEM commission. She serves on the executive board of the Northern Virginia Computer Science Teachers' Association and is on the advisory board of STEM for Her. Dr. Sanghera received the NCWIT Extension Services award to implement systemic change to increase enrollment, retention, and graduation of women in technology and engineering undergraduate programs. Her efforts have positively contributed to the Go Virginia Tech Talent Pipeline initiative, where she worked closely with Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), Fairfax County Government Office, Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), and Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). Dr. Sanghera is also an active member of the Students and Technology in Academia, Research, and Service (STARS) program and the National Center of Women in Technology (NCWIT). She has worked on the Sisters Rise Up grant by Reboot Representation. Dr. Sanghera worked with AWS and NVCC in introducing the first BAS in the Cloud Computing degree. For these efforts, Education Dive, a digital publication for the education industry, gave George Mason University a highly regarded Higher Ed "Partnership of the Year" award. Dr. Sanghera is a finalist in the STEM Leadership category of the 2020 Women in Technology award.

Dr. Laura Strawn is an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist of Produce Safety in the Department of Food Science and Technology at Virginia Tech. She holds three degrees in Food Science with food microbiology emphases, as well as minors in Epidemiology and Molecular Microbiology: a PhD from Cornell University, a MS from the University of Florida, and a BS from the University of California, Davis. Her research program focuses on the microbial safety of fresh fruits and vegetables; specifically, the ecology, evolution, and transmission of foodborne pathogens along the supply chain using remote sensing and machine learning tools. Additionally, Dr. Strawn works directly with produce stakeholders on current produce safety issues, most recently serving as a member of the Science and Prevention working-group for the Romaine Food Safety Task Force. In 2021, Dr. Strawn received the Larry Beuchat Young Researcher Award from the International Association for Food Protection.

George Thomas is a thought leader and adviser to public and private sector organizations in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. For more than twenty three years, George has held roles in sales, strategy and consulting with senior positions in large enterprises, and at non-profits, where he has helped develop, evaluate and implement grant awards. A dynamic leader and team builder, George has helped clients develop successful strategies and execute transformational projects in operations, capital improvement, organizational change management, and strategic planning.

He currently serves as Vice President of Innovation and Strategic Initiatives for Connected DMV, a nonprofit regional collaboration across Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia – the DMV. Its participants include local jurisdictions, federal agencies, industry, community, and academia who work together to advance the region's top opportunities, generate economic development, and shape a stronger future for the well-being of our region.

George founded, and serves as Managing Partner, for New Urban Informatics, a boutique advisory firm, providing expertise to some of the most innovative companies and governments focused on disruptive technologies analytics and Smart Cities. George supports the New Urbana Venture Studio, which combines the best of management consulting and venture studios to build companies, teams, and solutions that make a difference, with a focus on underserved communities.

For 16+ years, George served as a Partner at IBM in roles such as Global Director of Strategy & Markets for IBM’s Government Industry vertical; Director of Smarter Cities for IBM Greater China, based in Beijing, China; and Global Director for Smarter Cities Sales Strategy & Execution.

George is a recognized industry expert at the intersection of technology and business in areas such as cognitive computing, deep analytics, smarter cities, optimization & simulation, Blockchain, the API economy, internet of things, and cloud computing. George is a founding member of the Smarter Cities Council, a member of the US NIST Executive Committee for Global City Teams Challenge, a member of ASCE’s standards committee for resilience and sustainability. George is a mentor, board member and coach to several start-ups and innovative companies. He is a regular speaker at conferences and events including at the C40 Mayor’s Conferences, TEDx, Chambers of Commerce, the American Institute of Architects, Smart City Expo, US Infrastructure Week, the World Bank, and the United Nations.

George holds a Master’s Degree in Engineering and Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Patrick Vora is an Associate Professor of Physics and the Director of the Quantum Science and Engineering Center at George Mason University. He earned his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in 2010 and was a postdoc at the Naval Research Laboratory in 2012 before joining George Mason University in 2014. His research focuses on understanding the properties of 2D quantum materials and their heterostructures using low-temperature magneto-optical and magneto-transport techniques. He presently leads university efforts in quantum research and quantum education. Professor Vora has received several honors including membership in the National Research Council Research Associateship Program, the NSF CAREER award, and the Dean’s award for Early Career Excellence. His website is at https://vlab.physics.gmu.edu/ [vlab.physics.gmu.edu] and more information on the Quantum Science and Engineering Center can be found at https://qsec.gmu.edu/ [qsec.gmu.edu].

Dan is the Director of Consulting at GRIMM and oversees both tactical and strategic operations as it relates to client-facing initiatives. Dan has spent over 20 years in Information Technology and Security in a variety of segments from Higher Education to Finance and Information Security Consulting. Dan has extensive experience in Security Architecture Reviews, Audit frameworks including ISO and NIST, and technical management and oversight for security assessments across a number of functional modalities. Dan holds, or has held, the following certifications GCIA, GCFA, GSEC, GWAPT, Langevin Certified Technical Trainer.

Andrew works directly with junior high and high school principals and teacher leaders to support student-centered learning and future-ready programs that prepare students for success in any of the 4E’s (Enrollment, Enlistment, Employment, or Entrepreneurship) they choose.

Snow is an educational thought leader and social media influencer with expertise around Professional Learning and Next Generation Digital Classrooms. She began her education career with a degree from University of Texas at Austin in Applied Learning & Development and a K-8 Teaching Certificate with a specialization in Speech Communications. Just prior to joining Dell EMC, Snow was President/Owner of Futurekids School Technology Solutions in Texas. From teaching in numerous districts, to writing curriculum, to consulting with schools across the globe, Snow has accelerated momentum toward student-led and personalized learning for the last 20 years.